Although still six months away, the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, is already starting to generate buzz in the international development community. Negotiations over the ...

The first Rio conference, the Earth Summit in 1992, was unprecedented for a United Nations (UN) conference both in terms of size and scope. The conference brought together over a hundred world leaders ...

When asked how we should treat others, the Indian sage, Ramana Maharshi, is said to have replied: “There are no others." This truth was affirmed 10 years ago when the United Nations Conference on ...

People streaming into Rio for a sustainable development conference may be dreaming of white-sand beaches and clear, blue waters, but what they are first likely to notice as they leave the airport is ...